Uninvited Guests!

Three days is like a fleeting moment for ordinary people, let alone for cultivators who spend hundreds or thousands of years in seclusion.

The entire Perching Dragon Gorge, along with the Heavenly Court officials, worked for two whole days to prepare the items needed for the celebratory banquet.

One hundred thousand Heavenly River soldiers, each clad in gleaming armor, stood guard outside the Limitless Palace, their imposing presence a testament to their power.

Five hundred thousand immortal, demon, and monster soldiers were also stationed as honor guards within Perching Dragon Gorge, their scarlet cloaks billowing behind each of the Earth Immortal and Loose Immortal immortals, as if they were a rainbow arching over the entire gorge.

This day.

As soon as the Golden Crow rose, Taibai Venus, Yu Lin, the Four Great Celestial Masters Sa Zhang Ge Xu, Marshal Tianpeng of the Four Saints of the Four Saints of the North Pole, the three great demon kings Pi Chen'er, Pi Shu'er, and Bi Pi Han'er, the Northern Land Immortal Elder, the Poison Dragon Venerable, the Withered Bone True Lord, the Iron Drum True Immortal, the Sacred Sound True Immortal, and eighteen other true immortals and celestial beings were already waiting in front of the Limitless Palace.

Today is the day of their Emperor's celebration banquet, marking their attainment of the Dao Ancestor title.

Given the esteemed status of the Emperor and the Dao Ancestor, it was certainly impossible for him to personally greet the True Immortals and Heavenly Gods who came to offer their congratulations. As his subordinates, they naturally had no choice but to accept the responsibility.

Besides, this is also a very prestigious moment.

After all, they were able to follow and serve the Emperor before he became a Dao Ancestor, making them true ministers of the pre-heavenly prince, which is incomparable to the true immortals and gods who later submitted to him.

"It feels like a dream." Poison Dragon Venerable and Withered Bone True Lord looked at each other, still feeling as if they were in a dream, not as real as they thought.

Heaven knows how many scornful looks and ridicule they endured while they were out there tirelessly working to win over true immortals and gods for the Emperor.

In these three days, those 'friends' who had mocked them for surrendering in the face of battle and lacking backbone turned around and fawned over them, all for the chance to pay their respects to the Emperor.

"Master's cultivation speed is unprecedented, making him the first person to achieve such rapid progress since the beginning of time! His fortune is unprecedented in history. If you follow Master, your fortune will surely rise greatly in the future." Pi Chen'er, the leader of the three demon kings, shook his head with immense pride.

He was originally worried that his adoptive father, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the Bull Demon King, would blame him if he saw that his three brothers had moved their old lair without telling him after returning to the Western Ox-Heaven Continent.

Now that our master has achieved the status of a Dao Ancestor, what is there to worry about!

Now, who in the demon race doesn't envy the three brothers for becoming Dao Ancestor Spirit Beasts?

Just as Pi Chen'er was feeling pleased with himself, he saw five Green Phoenix phoenixes flying in from afar.

A female immortal can be vaguely seen sitting on the back of the Green Phoenix.

"Where did this female immortal come from, arriving so early?" Pi Chen'er turned to Sacred Sound True Immortal, "Go and greet her."

Among them, only the Sacred Sound True Immortal was a female immortal, and she was naturally assigned to greet all the arriving female immortals.

Sacred Sound True Immortal nodded and was about to leave when a figure flashed out from the Limitless Palace. It was none other than Emperor Zhou Hao.

Who has such great influence that even the Emperor would personally come out to greet them?

Could it be the Dao Ancestor who has arrived?

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

Since the visitors were guests, it would be extremely impolite to use one's mental sense to investigate them. Therefore, everyone only observed with their naked eyes. When the Green Phoenix flew, it was enveloped in a five-colored light. Apart from being able to tell that the figure was female, her face and features were not clearly visible.

"The Three Xiao Goddesses have arrived, along with two ladies." When Taibai Venus saw the Green Phoenix, he vaguely felt it was familiar. Upon seeing the Emperor personally welcoming them, he immediately knew who the visitors were and quickly transmitted his voice to the others.

No wonder the Emperor personally came out to greet her; it turns out that the Lady has returned from the Jade Pool.

Everyone thought to themselves.

The Green Phoenix swooped down and landed on the Jade Square in front of the Limitless Palace.

"Senior Brother." Before the Green Phoenix could even come to a complete stop, two beautiful figures leaped off its back and appeared in front of Zhou Hao.

"Yu'er, Chan'er," Zhou Hao said with a smile, looking at the two Daoist partners.

Although it had only been two months since they last met, both women were already showing some signs of pregnancy. With his level of cultivation, even without using his mental sense to investigate, he could hear the heartbeats of the two little lives inside them.

"The Three Xiao Sisters pay their respects to the Dao Ancestor." Following behind, the Three Xiao Goddesses, led by Yunxiao, respectfully bowed to Zhou Hao.

"These three fellow Daoists are my wife's senior sisters, there's no need for formalities." Zhou Hao reached out to support them, and an invisible magical force held the Three Xiao Sisters up, preventing them from kneeling and performing a grand ceremony.

"Ritual must not be abandoned."

The Three Xiao Sisters still insisted on performing a half-bow before standing up.

"Our teacher was overjoyed to learn that the Emperor had achieved the status of Dao Ancestor and had also annihilated more than six hundred True Immortals and Heavenly Gods of the Wujian Gate in the Earth Ruins Realm. However, he has not left the Jade Pool for a long time and therefore has not come to congratulate the Emperor. He specially sent us three sisters and two junior sisters to reunite with the Emperor, and also picked some peaches and brought some immortal wine to add color to the banquet." Yunxiao said with a smile, while Qiongxiao and Bixiao took out a bamboo basket and a bamboo tube.

The bamboo baskets and bamboo tubes were all celestial treasures woven and refined from the branches of the Jade Pool's spiritual bamboo. They looked small, but had a unique interior space.

Zhou Hao glanced inside and saw that the bamboo basket was filled with a fragrant aroma and auspicious clouds. Inside the basket were peaches with purple patterns and red skin, full of vitality. Inside the bamboo tubes were fragrant wine and fine liquor.

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Golden Mother." Zhou Hao reached out and took the gift, then invited the Three Xiao Sisters to enter the Limitless Palace with him.

At this moment, he sensed a surging aura approaching from afar. He turned around and saw that it was actually the true form of his senior brother Xuandu Grand Mage.

Seeing this, Yunxiao quickly said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry about us. With our two junior sisters by our side, we sisters can talk on our own."

"Yu'er, Chan'er, you two take these three fellow Daoists into the hall to rest first." Zhou Hao nodded slightly, and after watching them enter the Limitless Palace, he took the initiative to step forward to greet them.

"Senior Brother has arrived very early." Zhou Hao bowed respectfully from a distance.

"There are many powerful figures who want to get to know Junior Brother, so there will definitely be many guests today. Some of them are probably already on their way, so I naturally can't be late." Xuandu Grand Mage walked over with a smile.

Despite their seemingly detached nature, cultivators are actually more pragmatic than ordinary people in some ways.

The strength Zhou Hao displayed in the Earth Ruins Realm was at the level of a top-tier True God Dao Ancestor. In addition, given his short cultivation period, who knows when he might advance further and become a powerful leader? Naturally, he was valued even more.

Speaking of which, once you enter the circle of True God Dao Ancestor, your strength is also vaguely divided into three levels.

The first level is the level of ordinary True God Dao Ancestor.

It's the most ordinary kind, only comprehending one or two of the Heavenly Dao.

Or perhaps they haven't even comprehended the Heavenly Dao, but have only achieved a breakthrough in their divine body, becoming true gods.

Most of the True God Dao Ancestor in the Three Realms belong to this level.

Without a fundamental breakthrough, it is difficult for ordinary True God Dao Ancestor to make any further progress.

The eldest disciple Xuandu Grand Mage, is at this level.

During casual conversations with him, Zhou Hao had heard Xuandu Grand Mage lament on several occasions that the little fellow he had brought to the Heavenly Realm had surpassed him in strength in the blink of an eye.

However, Zhou Hao knew that although his senior brother had only comprehended and mastered the Yin Heavenly Dao, his attainments in the Fire Heavenly Dao and the Yang Heavenly Dao were also extremely profound.

The eldest brother simply prefers alchemy to studying supernatural techniques and secret arts of fighting, which is why his combat strength is slightly inferior.

Even so, among ordinary True God Dao Ancestor, the eldest brother is definitely among the top.

The second level is the level of top-tier True God Dao Ancestor.

Generally, those who possess the fifth level of primal powers such as Taiji Power, Limitless Power, or sword power, or those who have unparalleled supernatural abilities and secret techniques in the Three Realms and have exceptionally strong combat power, belong to this level.

People like the Five Ancient Emperors of the human race, the Dao Sect Free Dao Venerable, the Buddha Jieyin of Amitabha Buddha of Buddhism, and even some of the Three Realms Overlords who occupy a region among the True God Dao Ancestor, are almost all at this level.

The third level is the leadership level.

Generally, one must comprehend the Heavenly Dao of mutual restraint in order for the Dao Ancestor to advance to the next level and reach this stage.

Leaders of the Dao Sect and Buddhism, and the three great emperors, were all like this.

Another possibility is that a true god breaks through and becomes Ancestor God.

Although the strength of the Divine Demon path is strong, the requirements for breaking through the bottleneck in the early stages are not as high as those for the Qi Refining path. However, the further one cultivates, the more difficult it becomes to break through.

At least to Zhou Hao's knowledge, apart from the Chaos Ancestor God who was born from chaos, no one else in the Three Realms has ever been known to achieve the status of Ancestor God through cultivation.

Just like the God-Devil Body Refining technique he cultivated, the <Chiming Nine Heavens Map>, even at its highest level, he could only step into the realm of True God.

no way.

The Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor who created this technique was merely a Chaos True God, so of course he couldn't create subsequent techniques.

As the Golden Crow rose higher, one after another, true immortals and celestial beings from all realms came to offer their congratulations.

Those qualified to come are either the rulers of a great world or the leaders of a major tribe in the Three Realms; all are beings standing at the pinnacle of true immortals and gods.

Taibai Venus, Yu Lin, and other immortals immediately received them politely, either leading them into the Ten Thousand Immortals Hall in the Limitless Palace to wait for the banquet to begin, or taking them to visit places like Medicine King Ridge in twos and threes.

As noon approached, powerful auras began to appear.

One by one, True God Dao Ancestor arrived either in their true forms or in condensed forms, entering the Limitless Palace.

With Xuandu Grand Mage by his side introducing him, Zhou Hao got to know many legendary figures he had only heard of in myths and legends before.

For example, there's the ' Xing Tian ' who slew the Heavenly Emperor, and the 'Great Sage Equal to Heaven' who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace...

Those true immortals and gods who were touring places like Medicine King Ridge also hurried back to the Ten Thousand Immortals Hall. After all, the opportunity to see so many True God Dao Ancestor at once was very rare. Even if they didn't have the chance to pay their respects, it would be good to at least become acquainted with them.

As Zhou Hao was chatting idly with Sun Wukong, discussing whether the peaches of immortality were more refreshing or the Ginseng Fruit sweeter, an invisible, subtle fluctuation suddenly swept over him, causing Zhou Hao's smile to falter, and at the same time, a gentle voice resounded in his mind.

"Young friend Zhou Hao, this old man is an uninvited guest. I hope you won't be too unwelcome to have me for a drink?"

Zhou Hao looked outside the Limitless Palace and saw an old man with white hair, wearing a Daoist robe and a red nose, standing at the entrance of the main hall.

The dozens of True God Dao Ancestor within the Limitless Palace, including him, had been completely unaware of this.

If the other party hadn't spoken up, I might not have even known that the red-nosed old man had walked in.

"Elder Yuan?"

"Old Man Yuan?"

The sudden appearance of the red-nosed old man finally attracted the attention of the other True God Dao Ancestor.

Many powerful figures exclaimed in surprise, seemingly astonished at his appearance.

"Is this the leader of the Four Ancestors of Source River, Elder Yuan?" Zhou Hao immediately understood why the True God Dao Ancestor were so surprised.

Because the Elder Yuan does not belong to Nuwa Faction, but is the leader of the middle faction in the Three Realms, apart from the two major camps.

The Elder Yuan will suddenly appear, and not in the form of his thoughts, but in his true form.

The implication of this is rather intriguing.

"Since you've come, senior, there's plenty of fine wine and divine brew."

Faced with the ever-low-key and mysterious Elder Yuan, whose strength was even vaguely comparable to that of a leader, Zhou Hao immediately stepped forward with a smile to greet him.

"What senior or not? If you respect me, call me old man. If you don't respect me, you can call me old geezer or old codger, and I'll still respond." Elder Yuan looked at Zhou Hao with a smile, as if he were examining a precious treasure.

"So polite?" Zhou Hao felt uncomfortable under the gaze of the Elder Yuan, and the rift between him and the Patriarch Styx made him secretly wary of the suddenly appearing Elder Yuan.

"Hmm?" Elder Yuan looked to the side.

Splash, splash, splash, splash.

Four figures, whose auras far surpassed those of ordinary True God Dao Ancestor, suddenly appeared.

These were the Sanqing, the leaders of the Dao Sect; the Rulai, the leader of Buddhism; and the two human emperors, Suiren-shi and Fuxi-shi.

I got off work late and was in a bit of a rush, so I might not be able to finish writing the second update.